Redesign for a New Edition A collection of Charles Correa’s essays, A Place in the Shade is a seminal book authored and edited by Correa as an assimilation of a lifetime of writing. The texts in the book touch upon critical issues that were central to Charles Correa’s ideas on architecture, urbanism and housing. The […]
Graphical Interpretation of the 2011 Census Data Every decade, the Government of India produces, through an incredible logistical organisation, a document that records essential data on the citizens. While the document itself registers a wide range of human data, there are a few critical indicators that refer to the condition of human settlements and therefore, […]
Documentation and Publication of Making-Process The Indian Patent Stone (IPS) was, until the 1990, omnipresent flooring type across India. Made by mixing metal-oxides with a combination of grey and white cement, the labour-intensive floor is losing its appeal in the mainstream construction industry. The IPS documentation by Matter focusses on chronicling the process of making […]
Multicity Talks on the Future of Architecture FUTURE PRACTICE is instituted as a series of multi-city events in partnership with Asian Paints Limited and their flagship LEAP program. The core idea is the explore emergent and energetic architecture practices from across India who have invested time and effort in the search for a […]
Conceptual Competition Entry The architectural Fairy Tales competition by Blank Space is an annual international open call for stories that can be narrated by 5 images and text. Our proposal for the competition talks about the obsession we have with walls that envelope us. This particular wall is imagined to enclose a […]